872 



INDEX. 



Pape. 



Sea-lions at Saint George Island 345 



behavior when driving 470 



surprised 469 



called seevitchie 468 



gall bladder of 472 



in California 473 



met hod of driving 468 



killing 470 



native methods of cutting up 471 



the corral 469 



surround of the cows 471 



Seal islands of Alaska 321 



Seals, catch of, at Newfoundland 475 



elephant, fishery for 400 



method of hunting 435 



fur, fishery for, in Antarctic waters (see also 



Fur-seais) 400 



galls and genitalia eaten by Chinese 473 



hair, at Falkland Islands 434 



commercial products of 478 



in California 473 



mussels eaten by 618 



names for male and female 435 



Newfoundland methods of killing 481 



number on Pribylov Islands , 350, 351 



taken by Dundee vessels 202 



species taken in North Atlantic and Arctic 



waters 474 



used for food 478 



Sea-otter at play 489 



Straits of Fuca 486 



breeding grounds in Alaska 486 



habits of 486 



California 487 



called sea-ape by Steller 483 



clubbing the 490 



dangers of hunting : 491 



decrease in numbers 484 



discovery of 321,483,484 



early abundance of 484 



name for .' 483 



effects of overhunting 487 



fishery for 319,483-491 



of Alaska 483 



food of 486,488 



former abundance of 394 



geographical distribution of 483 



growth of 487 



habits of 487 



known to the Japanese 484 



methods of capture 489 



netting 490 



not gregarious 488 



number taken in 1.833 375 



1880 486 



manner of nursing the young 488 



physiognomy of 489 



Russian search ings for 321.484 



sense of hearing and smell I-H 



shedding habits of 488 



size of 487 



skins, value of 466,484 



varieties of 488 



sleeping habits of 488 



Pag. 



Sea-otter, surf-shooting 489 



swimming habiteof 488 



the spearing surround 490 



Searsport ., Me., lobster fishery at 755 



Seavillo, N. J.,quahaugs at 607 



Seines, crab 632 



Sci/iire of British whaling vessels by Captain Por- 

 ter 143 



whaling vessels by Peruvians. 143 



Srmelo decisa 581 



Setauket, N. Y., soft clams at 591 



Scrkonk River, green oysters in 515 



oyster planting at 537 



Seychelle Islands, sperm whales near. 12 



Shag Rocks, Hoard's Island 420 



Share system in Alaska seal industry 383 



Antarctic sealing 428,479 



blackfish fishery 297,307 



clam fishery 610 



lobster fishery 680 



oyster industry 550-552 



sponge fishery 827 



whale fishery 49, 5H, 291-294 



Shark River, New Jersey, blue-crab fishery in (>:iT 



Shark's Bay, whalers' supply station 25 



Sharks, basking, taken for oil 58 



destructive to fur seals 352 



man-eater, taken for oil 58 



Sheath-fish 614 



Sheepscot River, oysters in 509,514 



Sheepshead Bay, New York, blue-crab fishery at .. 63C 



Shell heaps at Cape Cod 603 



in Mississippi Valley 5!I9 



location of 599 



Shell roads at New Orleans aud Mobile 599 



Shells made into lime 518 



oyster 563 



Shelter Island Indians 35 



Shoremen, statistics of oyster 564 



Shore whale fisherj', methods of 41.21W 



Shore whaling at Barbadoes 44 



Nantucket 31 



by Eskimos and Indians til 



history of 26 



in Australia 208 



California 3,4 



Connecticut 32 



New York 32 



New Zealand 209 



Rhode Island 32 



methods of 49 



Shrimp and prawn fisheries 627,799-810 



Shrimp for ba.it 643,800 



California methods of catching 807 



drying 808 



canned 806 



cast nets for 803 



dangers of overfishing for 809 



dried and salted 806 



exports of 808 



fishery, coast review of 800 



in Delaware 801 



Georgia 804 



Gulf of Mexico 805 



